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Mishani, Dror
Dror Mishani is an Israeli crime writer, born and raised in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon. He is also a translator, literary scholar and a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, and he has written and produced TV series as well. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife Marta, who is originally from Poland, and their two children. Marta Mishani holds a doctorate in Hebrew literature and lectured in Warsaw...
Literary figures
Steve Carella
Gender: Male
A central figure in Ed McBain’s (pseudonym for Evan Hunter) books about the 87th police district in Isola is Stephen ‘Steve’ Carella. He is of Italian extraction, and in one of the early books he marries the beautiful and deaf-mute Theodora ‘Teddy’ Franklin, with whom he has twin sons. Detective Carella is tall, dark and muscular without being athletic; he gives an impression of strength and energ...